Leipzig “LIVE” – Team Compound Elimination Matches

COMPOUND WOMEN World Record for USA in Women Compound: 232 points in 1/4 final 1/8 final: Venezuela (seed 11) – Mexico (seed 6) The first round gave rise to exciting matches between the Compound Women teams, as they all wish to get medals in these World Championships. The duel between Venezuela and Mexico was very tight from the beginning. Both teams were tied at half-way with 107 points each. Then Venezuela took the lead by two points after the third end (161-159). However, shooting two 8s among their last six arrows, they could not maintain their advantage very long and finally left victory to Mexico by 1 point. Final score: 215-214.   1/8 final: Philippines (9) - Germany (8) The host country was facing the Philippines in this first round. Germany started stronger than their opponents and was already leading by 55-49 after the first end of six arrows. They even increased their advantage to 8 points (112-104) half-way. However, the archers from the Philippines could hope again for victory, as the Germans shot three 8s in the following end, while Philippinios scored only 9s and X10s (160-163). But eventually, Germany stayed on its guard and clinched the match on the score of 216-212. 1/8 final: Italy (5) - Spain (12) It was a neighbour’s duel between Italy and Spain. But the fight for victory came to a sudden end, the Italian proving too strong for their opponents. Italy was already leading 53-51 after the first six arrows and their advantage kept increasing (108-105, 166-158 and 221-213). Amazing series for Italy in the third end: apart from a first 8, they then shot X10-10-X10-X10-X10! Final score: 221-213 for Italy.     1/8 final: France (3) - India (14) It took two ends to France to build up victory: leading by only one point after six arrows, they then increased their advantage to 110-102. After India shot a poor 6 with their 13th arrow, the French lead even reached 13 points with six arrows left (169-156). Final score and victory for France: 217-213.   1/8 final: Belgium (7) - Netherlands (10) The Netherlands were ahead after the first end with 51-50, but then they broke apart and left their opponents overtake them (159-157). The 2-point difference between the two teams remained the same with six arrows to go. The Belgians then increased their lead a little at the end, shooting 10-9-X10-9-9-8, while the Dutch finished with 8-X10-9-X10-8-9. The final score was 214-211.   1/4 final: USA (1) - Germany (8) World Record in this match for USA! Van Natta, Nicely and Anschutz were just incredible once again in this match. After shooting 58 points (9-10-9-10-10-X10), the American ladies continued with an almost perfect end of 59. The poor Germans were already 10 points behind, the score being 107-117 at that point. Although the USA team scored an 8 in the third end, they were still in the race for a record  (173-163). The World Record being set at 230 by the Russian team since June 2006, the Americans had to score at least 58 points to beat it. And they did it superbly shooting 9-X10-10-10-10-10 for a total and new World Record of 232 points!   Anschutz reacted: “It’s awesome! We now hold both Women World Records (note: they set a new FITA Round WR last Sunday with 4157). It was actually not as breezy today as it was in the previous days. We had good shots. The coach helped us a lot for motivation and to count down the clock.”     1/4 final: Italy (5) - Sweden (4) Another record, but national this time, was set in this round. With 228 points, Italy indeed shot a new national record today in Leipzig. In their match to Sweden, the Italians started slowly with 55 points versus 53 for their opponent. In this first end, each team shot a 7 with their fifth arrow, as both Solato and Danielsson released at the same time and faced a sudden, unexpected gust of wind. The two teams were tied at 112 after Sweden achieved an almost perfect series with 10-10-X10-10-10-9. However, Italy then took advantage of a 7 shot by Ericsson and took the lead at 169-166. They finally clinched the match and their national record thanks to a 59-point last end (228-222).   Salvi said: “We enjoyed the match! After each arrow, the excitement was growing and growing.” 1/4 final: Belgium (7) - Russia (2) This match was very tight all the way through. The Russians started with a 56-point end, leading their opponents from Belgium (55). Russia then suffered from a 7 in the next series, of which Belgium took advantage (111-113). However, Goncharova, Kazantseva and Loginova came back from behind and tied the score at 166 with six arrows to go. Russia unfortunately started very badly this last end with three 8s, and although they shot three perfect last arrows (X10-X10-10), this was not enough to recover and they left victory to their more constant Belgian opponents by 223-220.     1/4 final: France (3)- Mexico (6) The last quarter-final was between the French and Mexican ladies. Victory took time to be decided. Mexico led by a few points after the first three ends (55-53, 111-108 and 167-163), but France scored a spectacular last end with X10-9-X10-X10-10-X10 and took victory by a hair’s breadth. Final score: 222-220.   “We got a fright! ! We had to make a great last end… We scored 59, that’s just fantastic!”, Bouillot said right after the match.     Compound Men 1/8 final: Netherlands (tête de série 3) - Finland (tête de série 14) This first round was tight between the Dutch and the Finnish archers! With equal scores after the second and third ends (112-112 and 169-169), victory did not want to decide between the two teams, it seemed… In the last end, the Netherlands shot 10-8-9-10-10-9, whereas Finland scored 10-X10-9-9-8-9, and finally took victory by a small point (225-224).   1/8 final: Denmark (11) - Spain (6) Another match was even closer in this round between Denmark and Spain. Although the Danish had the lead after every first three ends with 55-54, 113-111 and then 170-169, they could not stop their opponents from tying the match after the regular 24 arrows (223-223). In the shoot-off, where the archers shoot one additional arrow each, the decision was made when the first Danish archer Nielsen shot a poor 8. Though his team-mates Rasmussen and Damsbo then shot 9 and 10, they missed one point at the end, as Gomez, Jerez and Duo scored 9, 10, and 9, respectively.     1/8 final: Great Britain (9) - Norway (8) Big upset in this duel between Great Britain and Norway! The British indeed had the lead with 6 arrows to go on the score of 169-168, but one of their archers hit the blue (!) with one of his arrows in the last end, which meant 4 points only out of a possible 10… This made the British boat sink in the first round already, on the final score of 224-222 in favour of the Norwegians.   1/8 final: Russia (15) - Australia (2) The best score of the round was done by the Australians, led by 2003 World Champion Freeman. They scored a total of 233 points in their match against the Russian Federation. This, of course, allowed them to win this match comfortably on the final score of 232-223.   1/4 final: Netherlands (3) - Spain (6) The Netherlands had the best start taking a 1-point lead after the first end (58-57). They then even increased their advantage half-way at 114-111. However, their Spanish opponents got stronger in the second part of the match and they came back to one point with only 6 arrows left (170-169). The Dutch could unfortunately not manage to hold their nerves at that point and they shot a 7 in the last end to concede defeat. A 3-point victory and a ticket to the semi-finals for Spain!     1/4 final: Sweden (5) - France (4) Another tight match for France and Sweden in the quarter-finals: after the first end France was leading by 59-58. Their advantage stayed equal half-way through this duel (116-115). In the third end a 7 by their opponents allowed the Swedish to tie the match at 172 points. The last six arrows did not change the situation at all, and therefore, the winner was to be decided with a shoot-off! Malm for Sweden and Genêt for France both started with a 9. The decision came with the second arrow when the French Beaud shot an 8, while his opponent Lindblad scored a perfect 10. Brasseur finished with a 10, as well, but could not prevent his team from losing, as Lundin also shot a 10. Sweden thus advanced to the semi-final on Saturday.   1/4 final: USA (1) - Norway (8) No problem for USA against Norway! After a slow start and 1-point advantage (58-57) in the first end, the Americans shot a perfect second end, adding 60 points to their total (118-114). This was too much for the Norwegians who scored a poor 53-series in the third end, leaving their opponents with an 8-point lead (175-167). This was impossible to recover and they sank even deeper to lose by 12 points (233-221).     1/4 final: Canada (10) - Australia (2) Australia had another easy run to reach the semi-finals, facing Canada in the second round of the day. Although the Canadians shot another 228-point total – after that achieved in their first round to Iran – they could not contain the Australian superiority. The 2003 World Champion Freeman and team-mates Coghlan and Timms kept all promises their 2nd ranked of the qualifications raised. They scored above 230 points for the second time in a row. Final score: 232 for Australian and 228 for Canada.   FITA Communication